The Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China on June 16 rejected the appeal of U.S. pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Co. against Jiangsu-based Changzhou Watson Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. in a long-standing patent infringement case.

US food purveyor OSI has called "unjust" a Chinese court's fines against it and prison sentences for 10 of its employees over allegations of giving expired meat products to US-based fast-food restaurants in China.